MARCH

When they discriminate... MARCH
When they perpetrate injustice... MARCH
When unequal treatment is evident... MARCH
When systemic inequities persist... MARCH
When they yell nasty things... MARCH
When they spit in your face... MARCH
When they hit you with sticks... MARCH
When they bring out the dogs... MARCH
When they turn on the hoses... MARCH
When they smoke up the street... MARCH
When they fired those rubber bullets... MARCH
When they put you in jail... MARCH

All races, ethnicities, cultures, sub-cultures...
Religious, Spiritual, Agnostic, Atheist...
Teachers, pastors, news personnel, bankers, laborers...

When we RIOT or LOOT
    it is action out of irrational anger, unfocused, futile at best...
          and at worst - the opportunistic predatory victimization of our own people
    it is misconstrued and turned back on us
    it does not draw more rational, focused, purposeful people to the cause, but repels them...

But when we MARCH
    HISTORY has shown... even RECENT history
    People gather... they unify... they rally... they activate... they DEMAND justice
    and folks are DRAWN to that...

MARCH... SPEAK... WRITE... DEMONSTRATE...
and VOTE... VOTE... VOTE... VOTE... VOTE...

Remember - there is no such thing as an "off year" election!

MARCH to the POLLS in November!  Sing marching songs... righteous songs...
    hold hands, link arms, move together... MARCH!!!!

Pastor Jamie

developed humanity

It seems to me that we are either fully developed, developing or in a state of arrested development as human beings.

Compassionate
Empathic
Generous
Kind
Loving
Joyful
Patient
Peaceful
Gentle
Faithful
Self-controlling
Honorable
Trustworthy
Open-minded
Encouraging
Motivating
Helpful
Receptive
Cooperative
Accepting
Guileless
Non-judging

As individuals, cultures, nations, political parties, economic systems, church bodies, groups and families... do these words describe us?

Oh yes... incidentally, these are qualities valued by Jesus, according to His teachings, and Paul, according to His writings.  Evidently, this is what God wants of us in how we live in THIS PART of God's Kingdom.

Pastor Jamie

what it is...

Elected officials of Congress are elected to represent ALL the people, not just in their areas but in the nation.

They are NOT elected to represent only the most RADICAL FRINGES, the WEALTHIEST, the most POWERFUL or INFLUENTIAL.  ALL THE PEOPLE... to protect the interests of ALL CITIZENS...

What we have here is OBSTRUCTIONISTS...
   They obstruct the economic growth of the many poor, in the interests of the few wealthy...
   They obstruct the stability of the middle class, because a few profit from them being unstable,
             and joining the ranks of the poor...
   They obstruct the empowerment of the many weak, in the interests of the few powerful...
   They obstruct the responsible stewardship of the whole planet, in the interests of the few who profit
             from its waste, pollution and ultimate destruction...
   They obstruct peace, because there is profit in war...
   They obstruct justice, because there is profit and power in corruption and injustice...
   They obstruct equality, because there is more power for a few when people are pitted against each
             other...
   They obstruct equitable education, housing, utilities, healthcare, taxes, employment, wages and
             other necessities for a society to flourish, because a few profit from inequitable treatment...

They obstruct EVERYTHING this President tries to do...
    to dig us out of the economic hole we were thrown into the last time they were in power...
    treat people with equality, equity and dignity, regarding race, ethnicity, sexual orientation
             and gender...
    grant healthcare to ALL in the nation...
    promote the well being of MANY MORE citizens in the nation...
in fact, they obstruct EVERYTHING this President tries to do at all...

because of their Racism, Sexism, Classism, Homophobia, Ethnocentrism, Xenophobia, Greed, and Lust for Power...
    driven by their ruthlessness and fueled by a strong and false sense of superiority and entitlement...

What it is... is that these nuts got into office because the extremist nuts voted in 2010... many
    progressives and people with any heart or soul, did not...
What it is... is that if we want truly representative government, we must vote in 2014...

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN "OFF YEAR" ELECTION anymore...

THIS MUST CHANGE, or our nation and its soul will be lost...

VOTE... NOT only for your own interests, but for those of the most vulnerable and ALL others in the nation...

Pastor Jamie